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A few problems with an external harddrive

edge2022

Posted 21 April 2009 - 11:49 PM

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Try going into cmd and typing in
chkdsk G: /r
Windows may ask to check the disc after a reboot. Say yes, but be prepared to wait a couple of hours. This can be a lengthy process. Do not interrupt this process, or you risk the integrity of the drive.

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Lucky Dearly

Posted 21 April 2009 - 11:51 PM

Lucky Dearly

Posted 22 April 2009 - 12:23 AM

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sorry for double posting but so far it's stopped on step 4 finding a couple of bad clusters in a couple of zip files I had on the drive and it replaced them, I'm unsure if I should close it now or wait till it closes by itself first

Posted 22 April 2009 - 02:45 PM

edge2022

Posted 22 April 2009 - 05:05 PM

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Well lets see if Windows is causing the problem or is the issue hardware related.
Click on "Backup files Without Windows" in my sig, and follow the instructions. There is no need to backup your data though. Just make sure that Ubuntu can "see" and read from your external drive.

Lucky Dearly

Posted 22 April 2009 - 11:43 PM

edge2022

Posted 22 April 2009 - 11:55 PM

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It appears that your drive is failing. How long have you had this drive? If you have some data that you need to recover, a professional company will be able to help you out.http://www.dtidata.com/The clicking sounds you were describing indicate a problem with the physical read heads on your hd.

If you are going to buy another drive I suggest going with either Western Digital, Seagate, or Maxtor. (out of the 3 I prefer Western Digital)All three of those companies make good quality drives.

Your hd was a Phillips MD2000 186 GB USB external drive. I never knew that Philips made hard drives.